[PLUG-TALK] DSL Modem Recommendations

[Richard C. Steffens]

On 10/10/2011 01:07 PM, Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Oct 2011, Keith Lofstrom wrote:
>
>> Since at least a few of us are going through "DSL Hell" (or at least
>> "Heck") right now, perhaps we ought to share ideas and learning.
>    My DSL line to my ISP is out on the Frontier, not Qwesting anything. From
> 1998 to a couple of months ago I had a Fujitsu frame relay modem; the power
> brick gave out about 4 years ago so I bought a complete replacement on eBay
> for $18.
>
>    Since upgrading the line speed to the maximum my distance from the CO
> allows required a modem upgrade to an ATM model (but it won't give me cash!)
> Aracnet/SpiritOne sold me a Westell 6100F for the price of mailing it to me
> ... $5. It's tiny compared to the Fujitsu. It's connected to the NetGear
> VFS318 firewall appliance/router. Everything works just fine out here on the
> edge of the wire.

Thanks, Keith and Rich. Turns out the modem is not totally dead -- with
the help of SpiritOne tech support it has been reset and appears to be
working normally. My wife will pursue a replacement through SpiritOne
when the current one gets flaky again.

-- 
Regards,

Dick Steffens